It’s gone to a good home
My club flying field was taken back by the local council a while back so I haven’t flown RC now for years. I’m now flying full-size gliders and tow planes at Camden south of Sydney which is great fun. (Now grounded …
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Work on the windscreen
I had used the supplied Mick Reeves vinyl cutouts to finish the frame of the windscreen. I painted them and stuck them on. This was OK, but not very realistic looking. Others have made complete new fibreglass windscreen structures, but …
Putting it all together
I’ve started work on the Spitfire again after a break. The break was partly due to work commitments and partly because I was overwhelmed by how much more work was left to do! I’ve decided to get the model flying first …
Aligning the fuselage with the wing root rib
I’ve had a couple of questions about this. This is to correct for a slight mismatch between the wing root rib and the wing root shape on the fibreglass fuselage. To change the fuselage rib shape to align more accurately …
Exciting progress (but still with rivets!)
I’ve been applying more rivets, this time using the Mick Reeves paint-on method. The vinyl strip of holes is placed on the surface, then the holes are filled with primer. The strip is removed leaving the dots of paint. These …
More rivets, sigh!
I’ve had so much fun applying rivets to the Spitfire that I’ve made a small YouTube video explaining the method. Now I just have to persevere, there are thousands more to do on the wings!
Big, boofy batteries
I’ve constructed a ply framework in the front end of the Spit to take the four batteries – 4x 5000mah Lipo 6S. They are held in by webbing straps with Velcro closures. I had to use my sewing skills (not …
More rivetting pictures
Here’s the undercarriage doors with stick-on rivets and a final airbrushed coat of acrylic paint. They look a bit obtrusive in the big close-up shot, but much more realistic when viewed by eye. The vinyl dots are silver, so you …
Rivets, rivets everywhere
I’ve been spraying primer on the tail and adding some rivets. I’ve used the Mick Reeves tapes on the tail. They are thin vinyl tapes cut with holes at the correct spacing. The method is to stick the vinyl along the rivet line then fill …
More exhausting!
I airbrushed the exhausts as recommended in Mick’s instructions and came out with a realistic looking slightly rusty finish. They now look like metal, not ABS plastic!
